Knorr Cetina, Karin
[V] School of Social Science
Field of Study: Sociology
Research Description: Karin Knorr Cetina studies (sometimes extreme) expert systems. She is completing a book on institutional currency markets as a global cultural and social form that is based on scopic media mechanisms and partial organization. She is also interested in the financial imagination as characterized by counterfactual thinking and in market morality.
Home Institution: The University of Chicago
| Type | Affiliation | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| [M] | SocSci | 9/1/1992 | 6/30/1993 |
| [V] | SocSci | 9/1/2012 | current |
Current Homepage: anthropology.uchicago.edu/faculty/faculty_knorrcetina.shtml
Position: Professor
Department: Department of Sociology
Institution: University of Bielefeld, Germany
| Appointment | Organization | Start Year | End Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Society for Social Studies of Science | 1995 | 1997 |
| Degree | Year | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | 1971 | University of Vienna |